Improvement in the manufacture of vinegar and acidifying liquids



R. D. TURNER. MANUFACTURE OF VINEGAR AND AGIDIE'YING LIQUIDS.

N0. 105,,390. I Patented July 12,1870.

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REUBEN n. TURNER,

on NEW YORK,'N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 105,300, dated J u ly 12,1870.

I endy murmur m THE MANUFACTURE or VINEG-AR AND ACIDIIE'YING- mourns.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, REUBEN D. TURNER, of thecity, county, and State of N cw York, haveinventedanew and usefulImprovement in Apparatus for Making Vinegar and Acidulatiug otherLiquids, of which the following is a full, .clear, and exactdescription, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing formingpart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a mainlysectional elevation of an apparatus constructed in accordance with myimprovement Figure 2, a plan of certain liquid and air-chambers,

or belts, with spray-pipes connected, forming a portion of saidapparatus; and

' Figure 3 is a sectional plan through the tank por- -tion of theapparatus, taken as indicated by the line idizing influence ofatmospheric air, by means of spraying devices operating in combinationwith a rcceivcr.

i The present invention, however, has for its object a diti'erentpurpose, and embraces various peculiarities of construction andcombination of devices with such an apparatus as hereinafter described,for making vinegar or acidnlating other liquids.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- A represents the receiver,preferably of circular form, and. mounted with a goose-neck, or othersuitablyshaped top. g

B and O are annular chambers, or hollow belts, arranged to surround thereceiver near its top, and forming a portion of the spray apparatus, thechamber B holding the liquid from which the vinegar is to be made, andwhich may be forced u'p to it from a vessel,

1), by a pump, E, and be kept at a uniform level -therein by an overflowor return-pipe, I and the chamber 0 serving to receive and distributeftlilIlQS'.

- pheric air, forced or blown into it by an air-pump, G;

Tlhespray-pipcs or tubes H, which may be of the same construct-ion asthose described in my patent hereinbeforc referred to, are suitablyconnected with these chambers B and O, and arranged so as to projectradially within the receiver A.

r \Vithin said receiver, below the spray-tubes H, is

a bowl-shaped conductor, I, for the liquor under treatmcnt after it hasbeen brokeninto' a spray by the tubes H, and exposed to the oxidizinginfluence of the air entering by said tubes and otherwise containedwithin the receiver, and which of" itself partly accomplishes theprocess designed by this improvement. 4

This conductor I'is corrugated in a. radial manner, as it were, fromabottom outlet, 2, which is serrated at its edge, by which constructionof the conductor, the liquid, as it falls atom by atom, is gathered inthin streams, in a straight and divided manner, down on to a radiallycorrugated and serrated scatterer, J, of convex or sloping shape, toequalize the distribution, and spread or deliver it in thin straightstreams on to a series in succession of reverse conical disks, K L,having a central passage-way up through them for the introduction ofheated air issuing from a dis tributcr, M, to permeate and act upon theliquid under process of treatment. 7

These disks K L are alsb corrugated, and the upper ones, K, serrated attheir edges, to direct the liquid in thin straight streams over theirsurfaces as it passes toward and over the peripheries of the upper diskson to the lower ones, and, from the latter, at the inner edges, onto thenext succeeding upper disk, and so on in succession, reversing andextending the travel, and exposing the liquid in thin layers or streamsin a protracted manner to the oxidizing influence of the air, the liquidfinally being delivered at the bottom of the receiver, from which it maybedrawn oti' perfectly acidnlated.

The heated air, entering by the distribnter M, materially assists theprocess,-and, if desirable, the air entering by the spray-tubes may alsobe heated.

The same air-pump G that is used to supply the spray-tubes may also beused to supply the distributer M, and the air, as it passes to thelatter, be caused to circulate through a tubular or other heater, N, of

any suitable description, heated by steam or otherwise.

The apparatus, as thus constructed and operating, will effect a mostperfect and rapid acidulation of the liquid or mixture under treatment,by reason of the finely divided-and protracted exposure of it to airwithin the receiver.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent,is-- 1. The combination of the conductor I, scatterer J and reverseconical disks K L, constructed and arranged within the receiver A, foroperation in con nection with the spray tubes H, substantiallyasspecified.

2. The combination of the heater N, and air-distlibuter M, with thereverse conical disks K L, scatterer J, conductor I, and spray-tubes H,within the receiver A, essentially as shown and described.

, REUBEN D. TURNER.

4 Witnesses:

FRED. HAYNES HENRY PALMER.

